Nationwide dharna postponed
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 17 2018:
The Nationwide dharna called under the banner of All India Federation of University & College Teachers' Organisation (AIFUCTO) on July 19, will not be held in case of Manipur owing to the imposition of 48 hours general strike.
A press release issued by joint secretary All Manipur College Teachers' Association (AMCTA) stated that, although the dharna will not be staged, AMCTA is showing complete solidarity to AIFUCTO's movement to protect and save higher education in the country.
In view of the present crisis in Manipur University which has kept the students on the edge of jeopardising their career coupled with the imposition of 48 hours general strike by student union, an emergency executive committee meeting of AMCTA, unanimously decided not to stage the July 19 Nation wide dharna.